AUBURN, Alabama -- Faxes are still rolling into Auburn's Signing Day headquarters, and AL.com's beat writers are publishing profiles of each signee as Tigers coach Gus Malzahn announces the next prize in Auburn's 2014 signing class.

Joseph Turner

School: College of San Mateo (Calif.)

Position: Cornerback

Height, Weight: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds

247Sports Composite: Turner is rated a three-star prospect, according to the 247Sports' Composite rankings, the No. 12 cornerback in the nation and the 30th best player coming out of the state of California.

Other schools: Washington State, Texas A&M

How he fits into Auburn's plans: Turner, a big, lengthy cornerback with good speed, adds a boundary-type player to a position of need now that Chris Davis has graduated and moved on to the NFL. Targeted little in 10 games at the junior college level, Turner made 18 tackles, broke up six passes and intercepted two more for the College of San Mateo, and he's an older player who has the experience to step in and compete for a job immediately.

Projection for 2014: A spot is open for Turner to come in and compete for a starting spot right away. The loss of Davis and backup Ryan White, who was forced to move to safety halfway through the season, left the Tigers without a true boundary corner to play on the short side of the field, a physical player who has to be able to help in run support; Davis finished second on the team in tackles last season. On the field side, the Tigers return starter Jonathon Mincy and promising backup Jonathan Jones, but both seem better suited to the field side, and Auburn would like to get bigger at cornerback. With that in mind, Turner will likely battle fellow signees Nick Ruffin, Kalvaraz Bessent -- pending his legal issues --and returning youngsters Kamryn Melton, T.J. Davis and Johnathan Ford for a spot at the start of the season, although Mincy or Jones could always move over if nobody emerges. Of that group, Turner's got the most experience so far, although the transition from junior college to the SEC isn't always easy, either.